For ten years, Friedrich Merz was Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke — a non-partisan organization for the cultivation of American-German relations. Germany was already in bad standing with Trump ...

Der folgende Standpunkt wurde von Uwe Froschauer geschrieben: "Wer vorschnell nach dem Motto „Etwas Besseres als die Ampel ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz urges immediate measures to enhance Germany's competitiveness amid declining stock markets following U.S. tariffs. He emphasizes the need for tax cuts, reduction ...

BERLIN — Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation's strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached a tentative agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending package for defense and infrastructure, people familiar with the discussions ...

Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters/Amanda R. Gray/U.S. Navy ‘Germany is back,” incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared Friday, and it may even be true. He was announcing an unprecedented ...

(Bloomberg) -- German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending package for defense and infrastructure, overcoming a key hurdle ahead ...

The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to America’s shrinking security guarantees. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from ...

Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to take the reins as Germany's new chancellor, for an enormous boost to the country's military budget, signaling a dramatic ...

(Bloomberg) -- Friedrich Merz faced attacks over his credibility as the prospective German chancellor seeks to fast-track hundreds of billions of euros in spending. Lawmakers from across the ...